culture shock

Example Sentences

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This culture shock played out a different way with the students Tran taught English to in Vietnam.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

Patel’s presence at the bureau has been something of a culture shock for a buttoned-up workforce, used to wearing suits and ties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

It was the biggest culture shock of my life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

You grew up in South L.A. and Harbor City, and then you went to college in UC Santa Barbara; definitely a culture shock in terms of diversity.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025

It was culture shock for both sides, and the best they could do was form an uneasy alliance.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge